Posted: Sep 25, 2021 8:19 am
The man who was released from a Co Donegal hospital by anti-vaccination campaigners against medical advice has died in hospital.
Joe McCarron, aged 75, passed away at Letterkenny University Hospital earlier today after a brave fight against Covid-19.
Mr McCarron, who was from Dungloe, had been in hospital for a number of days after contracting the virus.
His case received national and international attention when anti-vaccine protestors encouraged him to sign himself out of the hospital on Tuesday week last.
The Taoiseach Micheál Martin had slammed the removal of Mr McCarron from hospital saying: “If you get it (Covid-19), you should treat it as very serious.
“Certainly, it is outrageous that anyone would, in an ill-informed way, be advising people to leave hospital. It endangers that person’s health.”
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-who-was-released-from-a-co-donegal-hospital-by-anti-vaccination-campaigners-against-medical-advice-has-died-in-hospital-40886238.html